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RT Vegas Recap! A month and a half later…

On June 15th, I hosted the second RT Vegas and I was ecstatic to meet more people and see some RT Vegas veterans as well! The first leg of our journey took us to Pole Position (no, it’s not what it sounds like). In honor of Mario Kart 8 launching, I thought it would be fun for the group to go gokarting! Behold, my 2014 RT Vegas friends.

We were a small group, but we came together because we are fans of Rooster Teeth and the 15th of every month was dubbed RT Community Day. It only seemed right that we have our gathering a few weeks before RTX (Rooster Teeth’s annual con). This community amazes me and I love that age, race, and gender do not matter. We love Rooster Teeth. It’s as simple as that.

Afterward, we had lunch and I really got to sit down and talk to these people. All of us loved different parts of RT. Some of us prefer the video podcasts, others enjoy watching Red vs Blue and RWBY… It was great to hear what each preference was. Most of us were raised/born in the same city, but we never met and honestly, we had no reason to meet until now. And I also have to admit that I was stoked to see two young women attend! While I didn’t mind being the only woman present for RT Vegas 2013, it was refreshing to have Chey and Sam attend this year, so thank you very much ladies! I will always remember turning around, seeing a RWBY shirt and going “OH MY GOD, YOU CAME TO RT VEGAS!” and giving you guys big hugs.

We did have a side adventure that I didn’t plan at all and it ended up with us playing hours of Mario Kart at Anime Revolution. Other than it being an awesome game, we had the motivation of receiving 20% off our purchase in the store if we could beat the owner in a complete game of MK8. Only one of use could accomplish the task. Huge congrats to Chris on his new backpack and thank you the Anime Revolution for being a part of RT Vegas!

The next day, we found ourselves going to the Circus Circus midway, and we won a ton of stuffed animals (after spending a crapton of money). The most important thing is that we had a blast. I set my mind to obtaining a unicorn plush, and I got my damn unicorn plush.

People have asked me how to host gatherings like these since Rooster Teeth encourages their fans to meet and become friends. The best answer I can give is to just do it. The forums are open for you to coordinate times and schedules and if you run into a snag, there are tons of people to ask for help and advice. One thing I will say, you have to be active. Interact with people, connect with them, let them know who you are and what you’re about.

You don’t have to be the most popular community member on the website, but you do have to make an effort to get your name out there for the sake of being recognized as someone people can look up to as a host. And even if you don’t have a lot of people show up for your gathering, who cares? You are doing this because you are part of an amazing community. If you aren’t comfortable hosting an event, throw the idea out there. That’s how RT Vegas started. People asked “hey, how come Vegas doesn’t have anything like this?” and I thought “well, it should!” Then bam! Here I am, two events later.

These things can only happen if you take the initiative. And understand that you don’t have to do this alone. Rooster Teeth has fans all over the globe. If I can make an event happen in Vegas (a town not exactly known for its geeky culture), anything is possible. I don’t have a ton of experience, but I will share everything I can to ensure that you (my fellow community member) will have a great time and will meet new people.

To my attendees, thank you for coming out and it was awesome meeting you and seeing some of you at RTX! Dustin, I cannot believe you flew out here again, so thank you for your continued support. If you’d like to keep tabs on these lovely people, you can, of course, find them on the Rooster Teeth website.

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